1909 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1909 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. East Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the First Amended Argus system. East Fremantle were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1909 WAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Matches: 71

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
East Perth
Midland Junction	Midland Oval
North Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco	Subiaco Oval
West Perth	WACA

Season Results

Premiers: East Fremantle
Runners-Up: Perth
Minor Premiers: East Fremantle

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
East Fremantle	1st	15	-0-	2	60	197.1%	1,029	522	137	207	70	102
Perth	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	138.9%	804	579	106	168	73	141
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	100.3%	746	744	96	170	97	162
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	8	36	110.8%	819	739	109	165	96	163
North Fremantle	5th	8	-0-	9	32	125.9%	769	611	98	181	80	131
West Perth	6th	8	-0-	9	32	92.8%	697	751	91	151	101	145
Subiaco	7th	4	-1-	12	18	69.2%	606	876	78	138	110	216
Midland Junction	8th	1	-1-	15	6	46.0%	552	1,200	73	114	161	234

Major Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
East Fremantle	1st	17	-0-	2	68	201.4%	1,158	575	155	228	77	113
Perth	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	135.3%	893	660	118	185	84	156
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	94.1%	769	817	99	175	107	175
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	9	36	105.8%	844	798	112	172	104	174

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Premiers
Perth	2nd	Runners-Up
East Perth	3rd	Defeated by East Fremantle (Semi Final)
South Fremantle	4th	Defeated by Perth (Semi Final)
North Fremantle	5th	Did not qualify for finals
West Perth	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Subiaco	7th	Did not qualify for finals
Midland Junction	8th	Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	68	-	25
SAT	01/05/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Perth	North Fremantle Oval	42	-	73
SAT	01/05/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Midland Junction	Subiaco Oval	73	-	31
SAT	01/05/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	66	-	32

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	1	-0-	0	4	272.0%	68	25
Subiaco	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	235.5%	73	31
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	206.3%	66	32
East Perth	4th	1	-0-	0	4	173.8%	73	42
North Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	57.5%	42	73
South Fremantle	6th	0	-0-	1	0	48.5%	32	66
Midland Junction	7th	0	-0-	1	0	42.5%	31	73
Perth	8th	0	-0-	1	0	36.8%	25	68

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v East Fremantle	Midland Oval	33	-	94
SAT	08/05/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	55	-	28
SAT	08/05/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	26	-	60
SAT	08/05/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	WACA	39	-	45

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	8	279.3%	162	58
East Perth	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	145.7%	118	81
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	136.4%	105	77
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	1	4	108.8%	99	91
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	92.6%	87	94
Perth	6th	1	-0-	1	4	90.4%	85	94
North Fremantle	7th	0	-0-	2	0	54.7%	70	128
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	2	0	38.3%	64	167

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v Perth	Midland Oval	41	-	42
SAT	15/05/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	40	-	56
SAT	15/05/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	49	-	91
SAT	15/05/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	49	-	31

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	0	12	236.4%	253	107
East Perth	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	143.8%	174	121
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	142.6%	154	108
Perth	4th	2	-0-	1	8	94.1%	127	135
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	2	4	84.7%	127	150
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	2	4	81.3%	148	182
North Fremantle	7th	0	-0-	3	0	57.1%	101	177
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	3	0	50.2%	105	209

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	51	-	24
SAT	22/05/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v Midland Junction	Subiaco Oval	111	-	19
SAT	22/05/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	54	-	32
SAT	22/05/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	51	-	13

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	0	16	232.1%	304	131
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	0	16	203.6%	285	140
Perth	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	120.3%	178	148
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	2	8	105.0%	167	159
Subiaco	5th	1	-0-	3	4	76.3%	180	236
South Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	3	4	75.1%	151	201
North Fremantle	7th	1	-0-	3	4	74.2%	155	209
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	4	0	38.8%	124	320

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v West Perth	Midland Oval	30	-	32
SAT	29/05/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	65	-	37
SAT	29/05/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	56	-	59
MON	07/06/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	30	-	21

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	0	20	219.7%	334	152
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	0	20	175.5%	344	196
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	131.4%	243	185
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	105.3%	199	189
Subiaco	5th	1	-0-	4	4	80.0%	236	295
North Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	4	4	73.6%	176	239
South Fremantle	7th	1	-0-	4	4	70.7%	188	266
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	5	0	43.8%	154	352

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	46	-	48
SAT	05/06/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Perth	North Fremantle Oval	64	-	7
SAT	05/06/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Midland Junction	Fremantle Oval	105	-	18
SAT	05/06/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	17	-	55

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	0	24	192.9%	382	198
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	159.8%	390	244
West Perth	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	123.3%	254	206
Perth	4th	4	-0-	2	16	100.4%	250	249
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	4	8	103.2%	293	284
North Fremantle	6th	2	-0-	4	8	97.6%	240	246
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	5	4	72.3%	253	350
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	6	0	37.6%	172	457

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	42	-	41
SAT	12/06/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v North Fremantle	Midland Oval	35	-	81
SAT	12/06/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	51	-	35
SAT	12/06/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	40	-	65

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	0	28	177.4%	424	239
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	144.1%	425	295
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	2	20	106.0%	301	284
West Perth	4th	4	-0-	3	16	119.0%	295	248
North Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	4	12	114.2%	321	281
South Fremantle	6th	3	-0-	4	12	110.5%	358	324
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	6	4	70.6%	293	415
Midland Junction	8th	0	-0-	7	0	38.5%	207	538

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v North Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	14	-	66
SAT	19/06/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v Subiaco	Midland Oval	41	-	41
SAT	19/06/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	40	-	25
SAT	19/06/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	55	-	46

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	1	28	160.9%	449	279
Perth	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	110.4%	341	309
East Perth	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	121.6%	439	361
North Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	4	16	131.2%	387	295
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	4	16	112.5%	341	303
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	4	16	111.6%	413	370
Subiaco	7th	1	-1-	6	6	73.2%	334	456
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	7	2	42.8%	248	579

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Midland Junction	Fremantle Oval	117	-	8
SAT	26/06/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v South Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	62	-	18
SAT	26/06/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	41	-	40
SAT	26/06/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	WACA	40	-	32

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	8	-0-	1	32	197.2%	566	287
Perth	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	108.9%	381	350
North Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	143.5%	449	313
East Perth	4th	5	-0-	4	20	117.5%	471	401
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	4	20	113.7%	381	335
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	5	16	99.8%	431	432
Subiaco	7th	2	-1-	6	10	75.6%	375	496
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	8	2	36.8%	256	696

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	40	-	16
SAT	03/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	51	-	44
SAT	03/07/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	35	-	16
SAT	03/07/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v Midland Junction	WACA	91	-	10

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	1	36	200.0%	606	303
Perth	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	131.1%	472	360
North Fremantle	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	147.1%	484	329
East Perth	4th	6	-0-	4	24	117.3%	522	445
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	5	20	107.3%	397	370
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	6	16	98.3%	475	483
Subiaco	7th	2	-1-	7	10	72.9%	391	536
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	9	2	33.8%	266	787

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	46	-	42
SAT	10/07/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v East Perth	Midland Oval	39	-	69
SAT	10/07/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	53	-	37
SAT	10/07/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v North Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	32	-	19

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	1	40	189.0%	652	345
Perth	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	132.2%	525	397
East Perth	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	122.1%	591	484
North Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	5	24	139.3%	503	361
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	6	20	102.6%	434	423
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	7	16	97.7%	517	529
Subiaco	7th	3	-1-	7	14	76.2%	423	555
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	10	2	35.6%	305	856

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	WACA	38	-	22
SAT	17/07/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	32	-	56
SAT	17/07/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	40	-	26
SAT	17/07/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v Midland Junction	Subiaco Oval	82	-	61

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	1	44	187.8%	708	377
Perth	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	126.1%	551	437
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	124.3%	629	506
North Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	6	24	128.3%	535	417
West Perth	5th	6	-0-	6	24	106.6%	516	484
South Fremantle	6th	5	-0-	7	20	100.4%	557	555
Subiaco	7th	3	-1-	8	14	75.0%	445	593
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	11	2	39.0%	366	938

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	47	-	6
SAT	24/07/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v South Fremantle	Midland Oval	39	-	49
SAT	24/07/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	52	-	14
SAT	24/07/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	32	-	43

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	1	48	197.1%	755	383
Perth	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	133.7%	603	451
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	114.8%	635	553
West Perth	4th	7	-0-	6	28	108.3%	559	516
North Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	7	24	117.1%	549	469
South Fremantle	6th	6	-0-	7	24	102.0%	606	594
Subiaco	7th	3	-1-	9	14	75.0%	477	636
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	12	2	41.0%	405	987

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1909	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Subiaco Oval	44	-	39
SAT	31/07/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Midland Junction	North Fremantle Oval	80	-	11
SAT	31/07/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	71	-	26
SAT	31/07/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	66	-	59

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	2	48	181.3%	814	449
Perth	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	129.7%	642	495
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	114.7%	679	592
West Perth	4th	8	-0-	6	32	108.7%	625	575
North Fremantle	5th	7	-0-	7	28	131.0%	629	480
South Fremantle	6th	7	-0-	7	28	109.2%	677	620
Subiaco	7th	3	-1-	10	14	71.1%	503	707
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	13	2	39.0%	416	1,067

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v Perth	Midland Oval	37	-	38
SAT	07/08/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Perth	North Fremantle Oval	22	-	31
SAT	07/08/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	52	-	20
SAT	07/08/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	23	-	65

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	2	52	186.2%	879	472
Perth	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	127.8%	680	532
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	115.6%	710	614
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	7	32	113.9%	729	640
West Perth	5th	8	-0-	7	32	102.9%	645	627
North Fremantle	6th	7	-0-	8	28	127.4%	651	511
Subiaco	7th	3	-1-	11	14	68.1%	526	772
Midland Junction	8th	0	-1-	14	2	41.0%	453	1,105

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v West Perth	Midland Oval	69	-	40
SAT	14/08/1909	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	41	-	61
SAT	14/08/1909	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	35	-	69
SAT	14/08/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	41	-	27

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	14	-0-	2	56	183.2%	940	513
Perth	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	132.1%	749	567
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	112.5%	737	655
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	8	32	107.8%	764	709
West Perth	5th	8	-0-	8	32	98.4%	685	696
North Fremantle	6th	7	-0-	9	28	121.0%	692	572
Subiaco	7th	4	-1-	11	18	71.0%	567	799
Midland Junction	8th	1	-1-	14	6	45.6%	522	1,145

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	89	-	9
SAT	28/08/1909	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v South Fremantle	Midland Oval	30	-	55
SAT	28/08/1909	3:00 PM	Subiaco v North Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	39	-	77
SAT	28/08/1909	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	12	-	55

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	15	-0-	2	60	197.1%	1,029	522
Perth	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	138.9%	804	579
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	100.3%	746	744
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	8	36	110.8%	819	739
North Fremantle	5th	8	-0-	9	32	125.9%	769	611
West Perth	6th	8	-0-	9	32	92.8%	697	751
Subiaco	7th	4	-1-	12	18	69.2%	606	876
Midland Junction	8th	1	-1-	15	6	46.0%	552	1,200

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	WACA	73	-	23
SAT	11/09/1909	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	59	-	25

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1909	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	WACA	56	-	30

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